Lange (surname)

Lange (, rarely ; German: ) is a surname derived from the German word lang "long".

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 62.4% of all known bearers of the surname Lange were residents of Germany, 16.7% of the United States, 3.4% of South Africa, 2.5% of Poland, 2.3% of Brazil, 1.9% of France, 1.3% of Denmark, 1.2% of Australia, 1.0% of Canada and 1.0% of the Netherlands.

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:504) in the following states:
 * 1. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:151)
 * 2. Brandenburg (1:230)
 * 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:249)
 * 4. Saxony (1:276)
 * 5. Berlin (1:283)
 * 6. Schleswig-Holstein (1:296)
 * 7. Bremen (1:335)
 * 8. Lower Saxony (1:362)
 * 9. Thuringia (1:365)
 * 10. Hamburg (1:399)

People

 * Alex Lange (born 1995), American baseball pitcher
 * Algot Lange (1884 – after 1941), Swedish explorer
 * André Lange (born 1973), German bobsledder
 * Andrew E. Lange (1957–2010), U.S. astronomer
 * Antoni Lange (1863–1929), Polish poet
 * Artie Lange (born 1967), U.S. comedian and Stern Show regular
 * Bill Lange (disambiguation)
 * Carl Lange (disambiguation)
 * Christian Lange (born 1967), German politician
 * Christian Lous Lange (1869–1938), Norwegian politician and Nobel Prize winner
 * Dagmar Lange (1914–1991), Swedish crime novel writer using the pen name Maria Lang aka "Poshs"
 * Darren Lange (born 1971), freestyle swimmer from Australia
 * David Lange (1942–2005), former Prime Minister of New Zealand (surname pronounced as long-ee)
 * David Hadley Lange (born 1947), Canadian politician for Saskatchewan
 * Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), U.S. photographer
 * Eric Lange (born 1973), American actor
 * Friedrich Albert Lange (1828–1875), German philosopher
 * Gustav Lange (1830–1889), German composer
 * Hans-Dieter Lange (1926-2012), German TV journalist
 * Harry Lange (1930–2008), German illustrator and production designer for 2001: A Space Odyssey
 * Helene Lange (1848-1930), German activist
 * Helmut Lange, World War I flying ace
 * Henrik Lange (1908–2000), Swedish lieutenant general
 * Herbert Lange (1909–1945), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant and Holocaust perpetrator
 * Hope Lange (1933–2003), U.S. film actress
 * Ina Lange (1846—1930), Finnish writer, pianist and music historian
 * Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864–1941), Danish mycologist
 * Jessica Lange (born 1949), U.S. film actress
 * Jim Lange (1932–2014), American game show host
 * Joep Lange (1954-2014), Dutch clinical researcher specialising in HIV therapy
 * Johan Lange (1818–1898), Danish botanist
 * Johann Joachim Lange (1670-1744), German Protestant theologian and philosopher
 * Johann Peter Lange (1802–1884), German Protestant theologian
 * John Lange, pen name of Michael Crichton (1942–2008), American author, producer, director, and screenwriter
 * John E. Lange (born 1949), "United States Avian Influenza and Pandemic Ambassador"
 * Johnny Lange (1905–2006), songwriter, author and publisher
 * Joseph Lange (1751–1831), Vienna actor and painter, brother-in-law to Mozart
 * Julius Lange (1817-1878), German landscape painter
 * Julius Lange (1838-1896), Danish art historian
 * Klaus Lange (born 1995), Argentine sailor
 * Lange (musician) (Stuart Langelaan), British DJ
 * Lola Lange (1922–2013), Canadian feminist
 * Ludwig Lange (physicist) (1863-1936), German physicist
 * Ludwig Lange (architect) (1808-1868), German architect and landscape designer
 * Ludwig Lange (philologist) (1825-1885), German philologist and archaeologist
 * Marilyn Lange (born 1952), 1975 Playboy Magazine Playmate Of The Year
 * Max Lange (1832-1899), German chess player
 * Michael Lange (born 1950), American television director and music producer
 * Morten Lange (1919–2003), Danish mycologist and politician
 * Mary Elizabeth Lange (Mother Mary Lange) (1784–1882), foundress of Oblate Sisters of Providence
 * Norah Lange (1905–1972), Argentine author
 * Oliver Lange (1927–2013), life-long pen name of American novelist John Warren Wadleigh, author of Vandenberg
 * Oscar V. Lange (1853–1913), U.S. photographer
 * Oskar R. Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist and diplomat
 * Patrick Lange (born 1981), German conductor
 * Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born 1948), record producer
 * Rudolf Lange (1910 – after 1945), Nazi German SS officer, Holocaust perpetrator, and attendee at the Wannsee Conference
 * Samuel Gotthold Lange (1711-1781), German poet
 * Santiago Lange (born 1961), Argentine Olympic sailor
 * Simone Lange (born 1976), German politician (SPD)
 * Ted Lange (born 1948), U.S. actor
 * Thomas Lange (disambiguation)
 * Thor Lange (disambiguation)
 * Ulrich Lange (born 1969), German politician
 * Vincent Lange (born 1974), German volleyball player
 * Wilfried Lange (1910-1993), German chess master
 * Yago Lange (born 1988), Argentine sailor